Walmart walkout: workers mount black Friday job action

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aicirt said:
You do it, I’ll do it!! One Sunday at a time. Just stop shopping on Sunday and no shopping on Thanksgiving nor on Black Friday.

I wonder if we could put an article in the Sunday parish bulletin asking people to forego the above so we can start turning the culture back to faith and the family? I’ll ask tomorrow.
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And start our own petition to bring back sanity! It’s something I think that can bring left and right together, treating workers better AND more time for faith and family.
 
K-McD said:
Well, nobody ever accused unions of being smart, just greedy.
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Not even in the same ballpark as Wal-Mart, or most of corporate American for that matter. This statement has more to do with your contempt for unions than with reality.
 
I have never shopped on Black Friday but just looking at these pictures. . . . UGH. . .

Is saving 20$ on a digital camera worth it.

Are these people actually having fun? I just don’t get it.
 
I hate to say it, but there has been a Buy Nothing Day targeted towards black Friday for quite some time now. However, it comes from a liberal… (fill in the blank) agenda. Sometimes, we don’t agree on everything, but one thing can foster unity which leads to other opportunities to foster unity.
 
ringil said:
I have never shopped on Black Friday but just looking at these pictures. . . . UGH. . .

Is saving 20$ on a digital camera worth it.

Are these people actually having fun? I just don’t get it.
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LOL. Especially since people go out there and get into fistfights over this stuff and then go to the hospital and spend beaucoup bucks getting fixed up afterwards. Yeah, that’s saving money.
 
Seeker1961 said:
And start our own petition to bring back sanity! It’s something I think that can bring left and right together, treating workers better AND more time for faith and family.
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I realized after posting that it is too late to put anything in today’s bulletin which is the one coming out before Black Friday. 😦

However, that doesn’t mean we can’t push for no shopping on Sunday.

One group of stores is open in my area with the Black Friday craziness starting at midnight on Thanksgiving. I asked an employee about it and she said it wasn’t the store’s idea, it was the mall’s owner.

Either way, if it isn’t profitable, it would not be happening.

Years ago, I can remember hustling on Saturday to get everything done for Sunday because nothing was open except the corner store and that closed an hour after the last Mass.
 
grasscutter said:
I hate to say it, but there has been a Buy Nothing Day targeted towards black Friday for quite some time now. However, it comes from a liberal… (fill in the blank) agenda. Sometimes, we don’t agree on everything, but one thing can foster unity which leads to other opportunities to foster unity.
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Sometimes, our partisanship hurts us in places where we could actually affect change. The liberal who wants better working conditions for employees CAN work alongside the conservative who wants stronger families. We’ve just gotten so polarized that neither side will even think about looking for common ground.

I’m supporting the Walmart and Target workers who want family lives, even on a low salary.
 
Shocking that people aren’t willing to get trampled on for minimum wage. I hope that workers stick it to Wal-mart and other retailers this holiday season. Cashiers of the world unite! 😃
 
austenbosten said:
I’m gonna say I applaud these workers! :clapping:

Look I hate unions. I think they do nothing but kill businesses, keep many out of work, and grovel around doing nothing. When I was working with a union, I didn’t like that I was forced to take a break.

However what I hate and despise even more is the worshiping of Mammon in this nation. I really get the feeling Americans all over (Christian or not) hate God when they stoop to forcing people to be away from their families and loved ones, so they can get up and get their 60" TV plasma screens.

Holidays were meant for people to have the day off and be with their families. Forcing someone to work on a holiday so you can feed your greed and covetousness…or having an inconsiderate attitude of “well I hope they get fired” is down right despicable.

And we wonder WHY the pews are empty come Sunday? We wonder WHY it’s becoming more difficult to talk openly about God in this country? We wonder WHY this nation is turning into Sodom and Gomorrah? :rolleyes:

I can’t believe this, I’m agreeing with the Liberals on here! :eek:
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Totally agree. I work every single day with one of the laziest unions on earth. It’s just a joy. Hope these workers do walk out. I had never been to “Black Friday” until last year when me and Hubs went…b/c I was curious. Drove to Wal Mart. Spent 5 minutes. Drove right back. Looked like a bunch of screeching monkeys.
 
K-McD said:
I hope Walmart fires all these people. That’s not uncharitable, it’s reality.
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Why isn’t it uncharitable. Why on EARTH would anyone who purports to be a Catholic hope that workers taking action for a fair wage would be dismissed? Why instead wouldn’t you save your ‘hope’ that big business would comply with the teaching of the Church and pay the worker a living wage. I cannot understand how or why ANYONE would wish fellow humans to be poor, underemployed, unemployed or exploited. If you ‘hope’ for any of that then I genuinely despair. What ‘REALITY’ are you referring to? The REALITY of having to endure poverty level wages while business continually seek to increase profit. Workers appear to have pragmatically accepted they they will get no pay rises or increases below the level of inflation, all in order to keep their jobs. However companies and shareholders are constantly seeking more. This profit cannot come at the expense of workers and still be in accord with Roman Catholic Social Teaching. I ‘hope’ you educate yourself about our Church’s excellent social policies
 
Jimmygill88 said:
Why isn’t it uncharitable. Why on EARTH would anyone who purports to be a Catholic hope that workers taking action for a fair wage would be dismissed? Why instead wouldn’t you save your ‘hope’ that big business would comply with the teaching of the Church and pay the worker a living wage. I cannot understand how or why ANYONE would wish fellow humans to be poor, underemployed, unemployed or exploited. If you ‘hope’ for any of that then I genuinely despair. What ‘REALITY’ are you referring to? The REALITY of having to endure poverty level wages while business continually seek to increase profit. Workers appear to have pragmatically accepted they they will get no pay rises or increases below the level of inflation, all in order to keep their jobs. However companies and shareholders are constantly seeking more. This profit cannot come at the expense of workers and still be in accord with Roman Catholic Social Teaching. I ‘hope’ you educate yourself about our Church’s excellent social policies
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I hope Walmart employees start recognizing that they’re on the bottom of the food chain and if they strike, they might lose their jobs. The union is playing games with them.
 
iloveangels said:
I hope Walmart employees start recognizing that they’re on the bottom of the food chain and if they strike, they might lose their jobs. The union is playing games with them.
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So they’re such losers that that don’t deserve to be treated with dignity or respect? They don’t deserve to have a holiday with their families because they weren’t able to get a better job?

There is a shameful tone of “classism” in some of these posts that seems very out of place on a Catholic website. All work is dignified and all workers deserve to be treated with fairness and justice-and according to Catholic teaching work should not be more important than family. The documents don’t specify that family is only important to those with the right kind of job.
 
iloveangels said:
I hope Walmart employees start recognizing that they’re on the bottom of the food chain and if they strike, they might lose their jobs. The union is playing games with them.
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Coal miners and many other class of workers were once little more than slaves who could lose their jobs. Then the unions changed all that, creating the great middle class in the process.

The decline of unions had led to lower real wages and a greater disparity in earnings. I, for one, hope this spurs more interest in union membership.

John
 
Seeker1961 said:
So they’re such losers that that don’t deserve to be treated with dignity or respect? They don’t deserve to have a holiday with their families because they weren’t able to get a better job?

There is a shameful tone of “classism” in some of these posts that seems very out of place on a Catholic website. All work is dignified and all workers deserve to be treated with fairness and justice-and according to Catholic teaching work should not be more important than family. The documents don’t specify that family is only important to those with the right kind of job.
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Look. Anybody can work at Walmart. It’s a fact. These employees are easy to replace on the job. There are people just waiting for a job who will appreciate it. If they strike, it’s a terrible risk they’re taking.
 
oldcelt said:
Coal miners and many other class of workers were once little more than slaves who could lose their jobs. Then the unions changed all that, creating the great middle class in the process.

The decline of unions had led to lower real wages and a greater disparity in earnings. I, for one, hope this spurs more interest in union membership.

John
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I, for one, hope this helps people to wake up and see reality before ALL the jobs leave the USA. We can’t play these kind of butt-clutching ridiculous games any more. GLOBALISM HAS ARRIVED. WE HAVE TO COMPETE.
 
If you are unemployed I reccommend you showt up at your local Walmart Saturday. Should be lots of jobs available
 
iloveangels said:
Look. Anybody can work at Walmart. It’s a fact. These employees are easy to replace on the job. There are people just waiting for a job who will appreciate it. If they strike, it’s a terrible risk they’re taking.
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What exactly are they risking? A minimum wage job at Walmart? That doesn’t sound like a whole heck of a lot to me.
 
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